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Walter Young

Overall

	GP	REC	TRG	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YPG	TD	LNG	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YPG	TD	LNG	TOT YDS	TOT TD	FUM	LOST
Career	42	141		3.4	2,183	15.5	52.0	13		2	0.0	-12	-6.0	-0.3	0		2,191	13

Location

	GP	REC	TRG	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YPG	TD	LNG	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YPG	TD	LNG	TOT YDS	TOT TD	FUM	LOST
Home	22	66		3.0	1,119	17.0	50.9			2	0.1	-12	-6.0	-0.5			1,127
Road	20	82		4.1	1,273	15.5	63.7										1,273

Result

	GP	REC	TRG	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YPG	TD	LNG	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YPG	TD	LNG	TOT YDS	TOT TD	FUM	LOST
Wins	26	88		3.4	1,363	15.5	52.4			1	0.0	0	0.0	0.0			1,383
Losses	16	60		3.8	1,029	17.2	64.3			1	0.1	-12	-12.0	-0.8			1,017

Month

	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YPG	TD	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YPG	TOT YDS	TOT TD
January	1	6	6.0	178	29.7	178.0	2						178
August	1	3	3.0	31	10.3	31.0	0						31	0
September	15	48	3.2	730	15.2	48.7							730
October	11	28	2.5	447	16.0	40.6		1	0.1	-12	-12.0	-1.1	455
November	13	62	4.8	975	15.7	75.0		1	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	975
December	1	1	1.0	31	31.0	31.0							31

Conference

	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YPG	TD	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YPG	TOT YDS	TOT TD
Atlantic Coast	1	1	1.0	31	31.0	31.0							31
Big 10	29	99	3.4	1,599	16.2	55.1		2	0.1	-12	-6.0	-0.4	1,607
Big 12	1	3	3.0	31	10.3	31.0	0						31	0
Big West	1	1	1.0	9	9.0	9.0							9
Conference USA	3	8	2.7	134	16.8	44.7							134
Independent	1	5	5.0	79	15.8	79.0	0						79	0
Mid-American	1	3	3.0	37	12.3	37.0	1						37	1
Mountain West	1	7	7.0	57	8.1	57.0	0						57	0
Pac-12	1	5	5.0	51	10.2	51.0	0						51	0
Southeastern	1	6	6.0	178	29.7	178.0	2						178
Sun Belt	1	2	2.0	33	16.5	33.0	1						33	1
Western Athletic	1	8	8.0	153	19.1	153.0	1						153	1

Opponent

	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YPG	TD	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YPG	TOT YDS	TOT TD
ARST	2	3	1.5	42	14.0	21.0							42
CAL	1	5	5.0	51	10.2	51.0	0						51	0
IND	3	8	2.7	135	16.9	45.0	1						155	1
IOWA	2	4	2.0	83	20.8	41.5							83
LOU	2	5	2.5	95	19.0	47.5							95
LSU	1	6	6.0	178	29.7	178.0	2						178
MICH	4	9	2.3	190	21.1	47.5							190
MINN	4	8	2.0	98	12.3	24.5		1	0.3	-12	-12.0	-3.0	86
MIZ	1	3	3.0	31	10.3	31.0	0						31	0
MSU	1
MTSU	1	5	5.0	79	15.8	79.0	0						79	0
NIU	1	3	3.0	37	12.3	37.0	1						37	1
NW	4	16	4.0	285	17.8	71.3		1	0.3	0	0.0	0.0	285
OSU	3	18	6.0	304	16.9	101.3							304
PSU	4	17	4.3	241	14.2	60.3							241
PUR	2	6	3.0	101	16.8	50.5	1						101	1
SDSU	1	7	7.0	57	8.1	57.0	0						57	0
SJSU	1	8	8.0	153	19.1	153.0	1						153	1
USM	1	3	3.0	39	13.0	39.0	0						39	0
UVA	1	1	1.0	31	31.0	31.0							31
WIS	2	13	6.5	162	12.5	81.0	1						162	1

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More Illinois Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,021

Houser

RUSH

272

Laughery

REC

430

Dixon

Team Rankings

PPG

34.0

53rd

OPP PPG

26.5

107th

RUSH YDS/G

164.5

70th

PASS YDS/G

255.3

54th

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
12	Washington	0-1	3-1
13	Northwestern	0-1	2-1
14	Illinois	0-1	2-2
15	Maryland	0-1	2-2
16	Michigan State	0-1	2-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/3	PUR	@	ILL	4:15 PM
Sat 10/10	ILL	@	MSU	3:30 PM
Sat 10/24	ORE	@	ILL	1:00 PM
Sat 10/31	ILL	@	MD	1:00 PM
Fri 11/6	NEB	@	ILL	8:00 PM

Last Game

Illinois

2 - 2

Final

Ohio State

3 - 1

Sat 26 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

1,423

Atkinson

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Mensah

14

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

8.5

9.0

9.8

10.3

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

523.8

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

332.3

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

346.5

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	4	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
3	Georgia	4	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	0	1.000
5	Texas	4	0	1.000
6	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
7	Auburn	3	1	.750
8	Kentucky	3	1	.750
9	LSU	3	1	.750
10	Missouri	3	1	.750
11	Tennessee	3	1	.750
12	Vanderbilt	3	1	.750
13	Arkansas	2	2	.500
14	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
15	South Carolina	2	2	.500
16	Texas A&M	2	2	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Fresno State	3	1	.750
3	Colorado State	2	2	.500
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
5	Texas State	2	2	.500
6	San Diego State	1	3	.250
7	Utah State	1	3	.250
8	Washington State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	4	0	1.000
3	Iowa	4	0	1.000
4	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	3	1	.750
6	Ohio State	3	1	.750
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Michigan	3	1	.750
11	Penn State	3	1	.750
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Northwestern	2	1	.667
14	Illinois	2	2	.500
15	Maryland	2	2	.500
16	Michigan State	2	2	.500
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Utah	4	0	1.000
4	BYU	3	0	1.000
5	Baylor	3	1	.750
6	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
7	UCF	3	1	.750
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	3	1	.750
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	1	.750
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	2	2	.500
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	0	1.000
2	Kent State	2	2	.500
3	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Buffalo	2	2	.500
6	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
7	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
8	Ohio	2	2	.500
9	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
10	Akron	1	3	.250
11	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
12	Ball State	1	3	.250
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	4	0	1.000
2	Clemson	3	1	.750
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	Pittsburgh	4	0	1.000
5	Virginia Tech	4	0	1.000
6	Virginia	3	1	.750
7	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
8	Louisville	2	2	.500
9	SMU	3	1	.750
10	California	2	2	.500
11	Stanford	2	2	.500
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Boston College	2	2	.500
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	UAB	2	2	.500
4	Army	2	1	.667
5	Memphis	3	1	.750
6	Tulsa	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	North Texas	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Rice	1	3	.250
12	Charlotte	0	4	.000
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
2	Liberty	3	1	.750
3	Delaware	2	2	.500
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	New Mexico State	1	3	.250
8	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
9	Western Kentucky	1	3	.250
10	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	4	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	3	1	.750
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	2	2	.500
5	Georgia State	3	1	.750
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
13	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	Wyoming	2	2	.500
4	Air Force	2	1	.667
5	New Mexico	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	3	.250
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sat 9/12	ODU	@	VT	21-44
Sat 9/12	PSU	@	TEM	27-9
Sat 9/12	ETSU	@	UNC	3-35
Sat 9/12	ORE	@	OKST	31-39
Sat 9/12	WOF	@	KENT	15-36

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 10/1	WKU	@	NMSU	8:00 PM
Thu 10/1	UNT	@	TLSA	9:00 PM
Fri 10/2	LIB	@	DEL	7:00 PM
Fri 10/2	PITT	@	VT	7:00 PM
Fri 10/2	PSU	@	NW	8:00 PM

Walter Young

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1,021

272

430

CFB 2026 Leaders

1,499

1,453

1,423

644

600

592

617

585

564

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14

11

9

9

7

7

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228.2

209.1

204.6

7.5

7.0

6.5

CFB 2026 Rankings

CFB 2026 Standings

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

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